PIKOLOOPS

Pikoloops is Manecolabs’ take on the Pikocore

Pikoloops is Manecolabs’ take on the Pikocore, developed by InfiniteDigits ,

https://infinitedigits.co/wares/pikocore/

Main features:

a lo-fi music mangler based on the Raspberry Pi Pico .
capable of holding 8 minutes of 8-bit 33 kHz monophonic samples.
tempo-synced with a selectable BPM between 60 and 300, with samples mangled by beat-synced effects (stutter, retrig, gate, tunneling).
loaded with real-time effects like a resonant filter, timestretching, volume, and wavefolding.
sequenced with a 128-step sequencer with recording/playback
saved and loaded via EEPROM for instant patch recall.
able to load custom firmware, new samples, all through USB-C.
sync-compatible with eurorack devices.
12HP eurorack module

BUTTONS
The buttons on the device can be used to jump to samples and retrigger audio in real time.

jumping: Press any of the eight buttons to jump to that relative position in the sample.

retriggers: Press and hold a button and press another button to create a retrigger effect. The retrigger speed is based on the position of the second button press. Random effects add added to the retriggers, such as changes in speed, pitch, filter envelopes, or volume envelopes.

stop/play: press the two leftmost buttons and the two rightmost buttons simultaneously to stop/play.

lock
You can “lock” the clock so that the beat continually stays on track and doesn’t get diverted when you jump between samples. this is super helpful if you are syncing and you don’t want to get “off” beat when jumping between audio.
Activate/deactivate this feature by pressing the middle four buttons (yellow = on, teal = off).

Button mashing is encouraged.

KNOBS
The rightmost knob is a filter/volume knob that controls the output level. The leftmost knob is the selector knob, which can choose between eight different positions. Each position changes a different pair of parameters, which can be changed using the middle two knobs, knob A and knob B.

A / B
Sample/ Break
sample changes the sample being played (holds >100 samples totaling ~8 minutes).
break modifies all probabilities simultaneously using varied easing functions.

Filter/Stretch
filter is a resonant low-pass filter that attenuates higher frequencies.
stretch performs a lofi timestretch effect.

Gate/Gate prob.
gate controls the amount of gating on the sample.
gate prob. controls the probability of gating.

Jump prob./Retrig prob.
jump prob. controls the likelihood of jumping to a different step in the current sample.
retrig prob. controls the likehood of retriggering

Tunnel prob./Reverse prob.
tunnel prob. controls the likelihood of jumping to a different sample.
reverse prob. controls the probability of reversing direction

Sequencer rec. / Sequencer on
sequencer rec will record sequences, up to 128 steps (cw = record, ccw = erase).
sequencer on turns on the sequencer (cw = on, ccw = off).

Save / load
save saves probabilities, sample, volume, and tempo (cw = save).
load recalls the last save (cw = load).

Volume/fold tempo
volume/fold changes the volume and adds a wavefolding effect.
tempo controls the tempo in steps of 5 bpm (50-305), encoded in binary.

https://manecolabs.com/detalle/pikoloops/